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The result was Nom withdrawn/Keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 19:05, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dardani (village) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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There is no reliable source about the existing of this village. The census data cited as a source does not mention it. Vanjagenije (talk) 12:07, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per nom DOCUMENT★ERROR 12:22, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Can't find any proof that it even exists. JT_dale^Talk~ 15:24, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:47, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kosovo-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:03, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• When plugging in the coordinates, there does seem to be a section of Ferizaj called "Dardanis." [1] --Oakshade (talk) 17:19, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete No proof of existence. It seems that ancient Dardania was situated where Kosovo now is, and a Municipium Dardanicum was located therein, and confusion results therefrom. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Leaning towards keep. The Google results for this village, while either in Albanian or not of particularly high quality, still seem good enough to at least come close to meeting WP:GEOLAND (one of our easier standards to meet, of course). It seems to be a verifiably inhabited linear settlement to the east of Ferizaj. From what I am seeing, it looks likely that it has been renamed relatively recently, with the previous Albanian name being Tankosiq and the preferred name in Serbo-Croat still being Tankosić - if so, there are certainly enough results under the former name to meet WP:GEOLAND. As the apparent previous name looks as if it was in honour of a Serbian soldier indirectly linked to the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, one can understand why the Kosovars would want to change it - but I haven't yet found anything directly confirming the change of name. PWilkinson (talk) 01:04, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I have pretty liberal standards when it comes to settlement articles: if it can be shown that the place exists and isn't just a subdivision (housing estate) or some other commercial, rather than legal, entity, an article seems warranted to me. Google Maps (at 42°22′45″N 21°17′20″E / 42.37917°N 21.28889°E / 42.37917; 21.28889) has the place labeled both as Dardani and as Танкосић, so PWilkinson's analysis above seems essentially correct. (There is even an online petition on—I think—whether the place's Facebook page should be named Tankosić or Dardani.) Since we don't have an article on the place under the name Tankosić or the name Tankosiq, this one should be kept, and the question of the most appropriate name of the article can be hashed out on its talk page. The fr.wp page is at Tankosić, and I'm sure that most available sources use that name for the village; whether the name has been "officially" changed would require some investigation. Deor (talk) 19:38, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I just noticed that Google Maps doesn't have the village labeled at all when one follows the coordinate link I provided above. I was using GeoLocator, which seems to have a somewhat different version of the Google map as its base map. Try this link. (Or select the Google "Terrain" map from the GeoHack page.) Deor (talk) 20:08, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Very Weak Keep - Looking on Google Maps it says "Lagje e Dardanis" / "Zllatar" so I'm assuming it exists ?, Perhaps Google goes by commonname with places hence "Dardani" not appearing, so that could be a possibility, Also we have Dardania (Europe) which looks to be related one way or another..... –Davey2010^Talk 21:16, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, this is actually the village called Tankosić/Tankosiq [2]. I'm withdrawing my deletion request. Vanjagenije (talk) 18:46, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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